记录显示，一名被称为“海滩之王”的前市首席救生员去年领取了高达 50 万美元的养老金，是全州最高额度之一。彼得·斯坦 (Peter Stein) 这笔由纳税人资助的意外之财，源于他那充满争议的职业生涯——他曾同时担任学校教师和工会头目。这位 81 岁的老人在退休前增加了薪水，并在 (纽约市) 调查局 (DOI) 调查救生员计划时正好离职。
作者：Antoinette Bueno
这位 51 岁的演员和这位 31 岁的模特在《纽约邮报》第六页 (Page Six) 获得的照片中，于周一被拍到在巴黎一同散步。两人的左手无名指上都戴着纤细且配套的戒指。 两人散步时穿着随意，哈迪德穿着牛仔裤和白色背心，库珀则戴着反戴的棒球帽，穿着 T 恤和运动裤。 随后，两人在离开健身房时被拍到手牵手（左图），哈迪德的戒指依然清晰可见。库珀在两天前被拍到独自前往健身房，当时未佩戴戒指。
他们自 2023 年 10 月起开始约会，当时两人被拍到在纽约共进晚餐。2025 年 7 月，一名消息人士告诉第六页 (Page Six)，库珀正在“考虑与吉吉结婚并组建家庭”。
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第六页 (Page Six) 已联系库珀和哈迪德的代表寻求置评。
作者：Carl CaMpanile 和 MaTT TrouTMan
这位“海滩之王”不过是冰山一角。 彼得·斯坦在其他高额退休金领取者中显得尤为突出。 数据显示，共有 62 名政府退休人员——包括通过“双重领取”获益的前首席救生员彼得·斯坦——去年从纽约市退休系统中领取了至少 $200,000 的养老金。 首先，彼得·斯坦去年才退休，却依然名列前茅。 根据帝国公共政策中心的数据，在 2025, 领取首个全年度养老金的退休人员中，仅有 9 人领取的金额超过 $200,000, 根据帝国中心的数据。数据显示，约有 490 人领取了六位数的款项。 帝国公共政策中心的 SeeThroughNY.net 网站报道称，在 2025, 彼得·斯坦那笔如海啸般巨大的 $570,000 养老金（不含补发工资）在纽约市雇员退休系统中位列第一。 由于他长期兼任全职体育教师和首席救生员，其双重职业一直面临公众监督，这也让他获得了“海滩之王”的绰号。 数据显示，去年，包括彼得·斯坦在内的数十名高薪领取者，以及更多领取金额较低的市级退休人员，共计领取了近 62 亿美元 billion 由纳税人资助的款项。
“这些令人瞠目结舌的款项反映出的是一个根本性崩溃的系统，而不仅仅是个人违规，”帝国公共政策中心的数据经理阿卜杜拉·阿尔·拉菲表示。 去年，“全职业”市级退休人员的平均养老金为 $62,582。 但数据显示，领取六位数养老金的人数已从 2020 年的约 1,600 人翻倍至去年的 3,200 人。 数据显示，彼得·斯坦的养老金数额仅次于卢克拉迪亚·里迪克，后者是儿童服务管理局的退休人员，领取了 $627,886。 “在加班费激增和旧有福利规则的影响下，纽约的养老金设计以牺牲公众利益为代价，鼓励通过手段虚增福利。” 除彼得·斯坦之外，最高养老金的领取者涵盖了各类前公务员，包括一名资深检察官和一名早已退休的医生。根据数据，他们分别是：
Roger Smoke，2014 年从医疗与医院公司退休 —— 养老金总额 $293,183。 Nicolas Audi，2018 年从环境保护局退休 —— 养老金总额 $341,487。 已故的 Warren Murray Jr.，2021 年从曼哈顿地区检察官办公室退休 —— 养老金总额 $325,015。 Eileen Barkow，2023 年从信息技术与电信局退休 —— 养老金总额 $297,130。
然而，里迪克领取的款项中包含了约 $404,000 的补发工资。 去年市级工作人员约 60 亿美元 billion 的养老金支出，与该州最大退休系统支付的近 170 亿美元 billion 相比，简直是九牛一毛。
[图注] 真是富足：像 Eileen Barkow（上图）和 Warren Murray Jr.（右图）这样的市级退休工作人员捞到了大量现金。
作者：卡尔·坎帕尼勒 (Carl CaMpanile)
当纳税人为之买单时，生活就像在沙滩上度假一样惬意。 根据非营利政府监督机构帝国公共政策中心的数据，一名被绰号为“沙滩之王”的争议性前大苹果市首席救生员去年领取了高达 $570,419 的养老金。 前首席救生员兼工会头目彼得·斯坦由纳税人资助的这份“金色降落伞”方案，源于他长期的双重职业生涯——他曾同时在布鲁克林担任一名全职中学体育教师，并在接受纽约市调查局调查期间决定退休。 斯坦，81, 在三十年间持有两份全职城市工作，他因此受到了教育委员会的调查，因为这种安排虽然合法但极不寻常——调查人员旨在核实他是否在推卸职责。该调查最终未得出任何结果。 这位被指为“大卫·哈斯尔霍夫”（David Hustlehoff，谐音梗）的男子在 60 多年前开始巡逻海滩，并在 40 多年间担任救生员主管工会（District Council 37 的 Local 508）的主席。 他被称为“沙滩之王”，并被指控不仅掌控着自己的工会，还掌控着另一个独立的救生员工会，Local 461。
调查焦点 记录显示，斯坦在工作 32 年后，于 2004 年从教师岗位退休，退休前一年的收入为 $77,974。多年来，他还领导着其学校的教师工会分会。 但斯坦在随后的二十年里继续担任首席救生员，其任期内伴随一系列管理不善的指控，包括被指未能处理性骚扰投诉以及采取报复行为。 斯坦成为了 2020 年《纽约》杂志一篇人物报道的中心，该报道将这位“沙滩之王”与特威德老板 (Boss Tweed) 相比，称他依赖于“一套关于裙带关系、权力操纵和恐吓的剧本”。 这位被指为“沙滩浪荡子”的历史可以追溯到 1964, 年，当时他立即参与了工会活动，并与 District Council 37, 强大的负责人维克多·格特鲍姆建立了友谊。 格特鲍姆说服了救生员和主管加入 DC 37，创建了两个新的分会——针对救生员主管的 Local 508 和针对救生员的 Local 461。 斯坦成为了掌控海滩和泳池的人。
然而，多年来的投诉促使城市当局对公园管理局救生员部门及相关工会内部的利益冲突和管理不善指控展开调查，而斯坦正是权力中心。 但调查局表示，加强问责制的建议并未得到执行。 调查局在 2021, 年发布了一份针对救生员部门的严厉报告，称斯坦“抵制管理变革”。 调查局表示，在 20 世纪 90 年代的一项调查中发现了“管理不善、工会干涉以及记录保存不足”的问题。
福利之 DC37 格雷戈里·P·芒果 (Gregory P. Mango)
据称的 追溯到 立即参 活动并 格特鲍姆，这位 37区委员会
Gregory P. Mango
据一家非营利政府监督机构称，前首席救生员兼工会头目、绰号为“海滩之王”的彼得·斯坦（左）去年领取了令人瞠目结舌的 $570,419 养老金。斯坦拒绝就该报告发表评论，但一名驾驶着豪华梅赛德斯轿车（下图）出现在斯坦长岛家中（上图）外的女性表示：“我知道你们为什么来这里。”
一位公园管理局 (DPR) 高级官员将救生员部门描述为 DPR 管理层眼中的一个“黑匣子”。一些证人还将工会，特别是其中一个当地救生员工会的主席彼得·斯坦，描述为抵制管理层变革的人。斯坦未配合此次调查。
“(纽约市) 调查局 (DOI)”表示：“救生员部门的结构、历史和文化揭示了其在管理和问责方面的系统性功能失调。”
斯坦去年究竟是如何获得高达 $570,000 的纳税人资助退休金的，目前尚不清楚。他的常规总薪资在 2023 年达到顶峰 $121,000，随后在 2024 年为 $120,475。斯坦在 2025 年获得了 $74,440 的薪水（当时他仅工作了部分年份）——但他又领取了 $205,599 的“其他薪酬”，使其该年度总收入激增至 $280,000。他在 2023 年的总薪资为 $213,473，2024 年为 $196,805。
周日，一名在斯坦家门外驾驶梅赛德斯轿车的女性将一名《邮报》记者叫到窗前，说道：“赶紧放弃吧。”她拒绝评论，并表示“我知道你们为什么来这里”，随后翻了个白眼开车离去。一名驾驶挂有“wow e”个性化车牌的梅赛德斯轿车的女性也被注意到。
帝国公共政策中心 (Empire Center) 的阿卜杜拉·阿尔·拉菲表示，法律允许政府雇员“叠加多份养老金”或在职业生涯后期积累加班费，而像斯坦这样的工人“如果不充分利用，就太不聪明了”。
“彼得·斯坦的养老金数额惊人，但这并非个例，因为我们每年在纽约各种养老金系统中都一致地注意到如此高额的养老金，”阿尔·拉菲说。“这是纽约公共养老金系统设计方式的直接结果。”
“最终，沉重的负担落在州和地方纳税人身上，他们不得不为不断膨胀的长期负债买单，这挤占了公共服务资源。”
民主党助长滥用 阿尔·拉菲表示，在强大的公共雇员工会的要求下，霍库尔州长和州议会采取了行动，撤回了旨在控制养老金成本的措施。
今年，由民主党控制的州政府在很大程度上撤销了 Tier 6 改革。该改革曾削减 2012 年以后入职的公共部门工作人员的养老金福利并提高缴费额，将其退休年龄从 55 岁提高到 62 岁。今年对 Tier 6 的撤销将教师和其他教育工作者的退休年龄降低回 58 岁（且服务年限满 30 年）。此举还减少了雇员的缴费，转而将负担交给纳税人和地方政府。
帝国公共政策中心的代表表示，这一举措“只会让后代面临更糟糕的问题”。
在过去五年中，领取养老金的总人数仅增长了 7% —— 从 2020 年的 150,563 人增加到 2025 年的 160,982 人。但养老金总福利从 49.9 亿美元$ 十亿增长 24% 至 61.8 亿美元$ 十亿。在此期间，领取六位数养老金的人数从 2020 年的 1,609 人翻了一番，达到 3,219 人。
帝国公共政策中心指出，值得注意的是，纽约的养老金领取额不缴纳州和地方所得税。例如，一名领取 $60,000 养老金的退休人员将节省约 $4,586 或 7.64% 的州和地方所得税。
由 Brandon Cruz 补充报道
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By PatRick Reilly
根据非党派研究组织、隶属于新学院 (The New School) 的纽约市事务中心 (Center for New York City Affairs) 发布的报告，拟议方案的预计年成本高达 90 亿美元 billion，每个孩子的平均成本约为 $27,000, 根据该报告。
周一发布的报告指出：“在纽约市资助普及化托儿服务每年预计需要 $8.7 to 90 亿美元.3 billion。”
这比市长此前声称其雄心勃勃的普及化免费托儿计划所需成本高出 30 亿美元 billion。
这位市长在竞选期间承诺，无论家庭收入如何，为 6 周至 5 岁儿童提供免费托儿服务的计划每年约耗资 60 亿美元 billion，将通过对该州最高收入者征税来支付。
低估成本 研究中发现的 30 亿美元 billion 缺口主要与教师薪资相关。纽约市事务中心预计需要雇佣约 23,000 名新托儿工作者，主要面向婴儿及 3 岁以下儿童。
研究人员预测，该市还需要为学前班（pre-K）年龄以下儿童创建约 10,000 个新名额。
报告指出，在 2025 财年，该市预算为 25 亿美元 billion，但最终在托儿服务上的支出达到了 30 亿美元.8 billion。
除了向富人征税和向奥尔巴尼 (Albany) 申请更多资金外，市政府尚未说明计划如何支付该计划的费用。
“这标志着对服务交付成本的常规低估，”研究人员写道。“因此，该市需要额外确定至少 $4.9 to 55 亿美元 billion，以维持一个完全普及的系统。”
霍库尔州长已经向 Mamdani 承诺提供 12 亿美元 billion，用于在某些社区启动该计划，并表示她计划继续提供资金。
该市目前为 3 岁和 4 岁儿童提供免费学前班，从今年秋季开始，为 2 岁儿童提供的名额有限。
报告称，如果没有州政府和联邦政府的重大支持，推广该计划基本上是不可能的。
霍库尔在 1 月份表示，资金将来自“现有”的州收入，而非新税。
她当时表示，Mamdani 及其社会主义支持者建议的向富人征税方案不在考虑之列。
“额外投资” 市政府尚未公布该计划的官方成本模型，并拒绝就 90 亿美元 billion 这一数字发表评论。
“兑现这些承诺将需要额外的公共投资，本届政府从一开始就对此明确表示，”Mamdani 的发言人 Jenna Lyle 告诉《纽约时报》。
一些巴士乘客投诉称，在刷卡资金不足后，被收取了并未乘坐的行程费用。
“我们感谢霍库尔州长在这项工作中的协作和初步投资，”Lyle 说道。
票价在 1 月份达到了 30 亿美元 的历史最高点，且 MTA 正在考虑在 2027 年和 2029 年分别将票价提高 4%。
市政府未回应《邮报》的置评请求。
由 Craig McCarthy, Haley Brown 和 Matthew Fischetti 共同报道 preilly@nypost.com
《邮报》获悉，一群自称在 MTA 发布的 OMNY 卡上被多收费用并被开出“幽灵罚单”的地铁乘客，希望州首席检察官对这一涉嫌崩盘的局面展开调查。
该团体“乘客联合会”（Passengers United）告诉《邮报》，他们正在计划在总检察长 Letitia James 的办公室外组织集会，以促使对该触碰即付（tap-and-go）票价系统进行调查。他们声称，该系统导致数百名乘客被多收费用并被课以不当费用。
该团体主席 Charlton D’Souza 告诉《邮报》：“我们希望他们调查 [系统开发商] Cubic 公司在 OMNY 方面的缺陷，包括多收费用，[以及] 无法显示付款记录，导致被票务检查员错误开具罚单。”
Cubic 公司未回应置评请求。
该团体还向 James 以及市级和州级立法者发送了阐述投诉内容的信函，并提交了一份请愿书，要求 MTA 修复 OMNY 并恢复无限次乘车票。
Matthew McDermott 预付的 7 天和 30 天乘车票已被取消，取而代之的是一套自动系统，将乘客 7 天内的费用上限设定为 $35。在此之后，该周剩余的行程应当被包含在内。
作者：Chris Nesi
一名精神失常的男子周日在布鲁克林大桥跳下并奇迹般生还，这可能归结于几个因素——一名专家告诉《邮报》，最有可能的是他落入东河时的身体精准位置。
“从极高的高度跳下或坠落——例如 270 英尺高的桥塔——绝大多数情况下是致命的，”拥有 30 年以上经验的外伤外科医生大卫·S·夏皮罗 (Dr. David S. Shapiro) 博士说道。
“这会产生极大的动能，导致广泛且危及生命的创伤，”目前在新英格兰捐赠服务中心 (New England Donor Services) 工作的夏皮罗补充道。
令人难以置信的是，警方表示，这名被确认为加利姆赞·阿拜尔达耶夫 (Galymzhan Abaildayev) 的 44 岁跳桥者，在从布鲁克林大桥顶部跳下 278 英尺后情况稳定。夏皮罗表示，这可能归因于几个变量，尽管其中很多可能性较低。
[图注] 幸运之光：加利姆赞·阿拜尔达耶夫（上图圈出及插图）在周日从布鲁克林大桥顶部赤裸跳下 278 英尺后幸存。拥有 30 年经验的外伤外科医生大卫·S·夏皮罗博士表示，此类坠落“绝大多数情况下是致命的”，他之所以能幸存，很可能是因为触水时的身体位置。
阿拜尔达耶夫携带的袋子可能充当了“临时降落伞”，在他在水面撞击前刚好降低了下降速度。夏皮罗表示，撞击水面的速度可能在 79 到 87 英里 / 小时之间。
“精准因素”
“如果你用手掌向下拍打水面，会溅起巨大的水花……如果你像空手道劈砍那样垂直击中，你会看到它切开水面。进入水面时的身体位置会产生很大影响。”
另一种极小的可能性是，某个物体（如石头）可能恰好在阿拜尔达耶夫之前掉落，扰乱并从而轻微软化了水面，从而减轻了对身体的冲击。
至于承受此类坠落的患者通常会出现的伤情，夏皮罗表示涵盖范围极广。
夏皮罗指出，完全没有证据表明上述任何一种（外部物体）情况存在，并强调阿拜尔达耶夫生存的最佳且最可能的机会是他入水时的身体位置。
“我预计会出现内脏损伤——尤其是我们所说的脾脏和肝脏裂伤——以及骨骼、关节或骨伤。如果你用脚着地，你的跟骨（身体中受冲击最大的骨骼之一）可能会导致双侧复杂的踝关节骨折，”他说道。
“‘垂直损伤’——即有人直接用脚或头着地——会导致多种创伤，包括脊柱和颅底的爆裂性骨折，从而伤害大脑和脊髓，”他说道。
“在极少数情况下，生存需要因素极其精准的排列：降低的下降速度、理想的身体方向，以及能够立即获得创伤护理以减轻致命的内出血，”他补充道。
拱顶至塔顶 159 ft. 总距离 278 ft. 路面至水面 119.25 ft. 平均而言， 水深约为 50 ft.
周一，一名室友透露，那名从布鲁克林大桥跳下的全裸男子是一名反对哈萨克斯坦政府的活动人士，且曾夸口将在自己的生日当天进行这次大胆的跳跃。
“他告诉我他打算这么做，”跳桥者加林詹·阿拜尔达耶夫（Galymzhan Abaildayev）的室友，43 岁的乔什·卡拉达格（Josh Karadag）说道。
阿拜尔达耶夫告诉他，自己的生活枯燥且穷困潦倒——并无视了卡拉达格请求他不要跳桥的恳求。
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“他从未想过要活下去，”他补充道，“很明显他打算跳下去。”
44 岁的阿拜尔达耶夫在这次疯狂的全裸跳桥中幸存后，正面临多项指控。
这名布鲁克林男子在桥顶竖起了几面旗帜，其中包括一面哈萨克斯坦国旗——因为他是该国政府的公开反对者。
“我一直告诉他，‘你能改变哈萨克斯坦的任何事情吗？不能，所以过好你的生活吧，兄弟，’”出生于土耳其的艺术家卡拉达格说道。
Greg Carlton
尽管阿拜尔达耶夫被列为情况稳定，但沙皮罗（Shapiro）指出，他并不一定已经脱离危险。
“你可能会在坠落中幸存，但几天或几周后死于其他伤势，”他说。
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JONATHAN ScHANzER
特朗普总统周一对大石油公司在伊朗战争期间获得巨额意外之财表示不满，认为该国最大的石油公司应当将部分创纪录的利润回馈给美国民众。
据报道，沙特阿拉伯王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼周六给特朗普总统打了电话，恳请他推迟对伊朗伊斯兰共和国的袭击。
当被问及埃克森美孚（ExxonMobil）和雪佛龙（Chevron）上周报告的惊人收益时，特朗普在椭圆形办公室表示：“我不喜欢这样。”
特朗普对此妥协，并推迟了一次可能扭转战争局面的大规模美国轰炸袭击。
埃克森美孚报告称，2026年第二季度获利145 亿美元 billion——是去年同期的两倍；而雪佛龙揽获的120 亿美元 billion则是该公司六年来单季度最高收益。
诚然，沙特阿拉伯正处于困境：伊朗政权继续使用无人机和导弹攻击该王国，威胁其石油和水资源。
这些公司的收益飙升，是因为伊朗战争一度将油价推高至每桶$100以上，且今年春季汽油价格飙升至平均每加仑$4.56。
但沙特人并非没有保护。在整个冲突过程中，美国战士甚至希腊防空小队确保了沙特国家的安全。
“他们赚得太多了，好吧，是基于短缺而赚的，”特朗普愤怒地说道。
然而，沙特人并没有与我们建立更紧密的联系，反而开始向中东的一个“烂摊子联盟”靠拢。
“我不喜欢这样，而我应该是最后一个这么说的人，因为我是一个非常支持自由企业的人，”他继续说道，“没人比我更支持。”
总统继续说道：“雪佛龙，钱太多了。埃克森美孚，钱太多了。”
提升时刻
该联盟现在被称为“STEP”：沙特阿拉伯、土耳其、埃及和巴基斯坦。
“当你看到一家公司赚的钱是前一年的12倍时，他们应当将部分资金回馈给公众，并且最好降低零售价，即消费价格，”他主张道。
理论上，这些都是美国的盟友。但他们目前并不完全是在为美国利益服务。
他们将伊朗什叶派政权的衰弱视为重新确立逊尼派国家在穆斯林世界主导地位的机会。
“我会大声且清晰地说。对此我不高兴，”特朗普说。
总统预测，当美国“搞定伊朗”时，汽油价格将会“跌至谷底”。
与此同时，他们并不希望看到战争扩大，因为那会造成更多破坏，这就是为什么他们不断呼吁达成外交协议。
目前加油站普通汽油每加仑的价格（$4.09）比去年同期高出近$1。
然而，到目前为止，很明显伊朗领导层对外交协议不感兴趣。
周一早些时候，在雪佛龙首席执行官迈克·沃思（Mike Wirth）接受福克斯商业频道（Fox Business）《周日早晨期货》主持人玛丽亚·巴蒂罗莫（Maria Bartiromo）采访，并吹捧该公司在“较为脆弱且不确定”的能源市场中努力提高油气产量后，特朗普在社交媒体上批评了这位石油高管。
每当达成一项协议，该政权就会在霍尔木兹海峡采取激进行动，或者攻击我们在波斯湾的阿拉伯盟友。这种情况不太可能改变。因此，当沙特人要求美国克制时，他们需要提供明确的替代方案，而不是陈词滥调。
埃克森美孚和雪佛龙没有回应《邮报》的评论请求。
更理想的情况是，沙特阿拉伯应当加入战斗。
诚然，沙特上个月对伊拉克境内受伊朗支持的民兵组织发动了一次袭击。
且根据近期报告，沙特可能正在准备对也门境内受伊朗支持的胡塞武装采取军事行动，特别是如果该组织试图封锁沙特在红海的航运。
以色列人在被要求时已经挺身而出。他们已经投入了切身利益。
沙特与胡塞武装有着冲突历史；利雅得曾在 2015 年向该组织发动战争。
现在是要求沙特采取同样行动的时候了。
该王国拥有庞大的美制飞机、直升机、坦克及其他武器军械库。
那场战争遭到了美国立法者的极大批评，主因是误击导致大量平民伤亡。
但那是过去，现在情况不同了。一场更广泛的战争已在中东爆发。
伊朗及其代理人网络正在多个战线与美国及其盟友作战，不能指望美国孤军奋战。
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乔纳森·尚泽 (Jonathan Schanzer) 是华盛顿特区非党派智库“民主防御基金会”的执行主任。
支持特朗普的努力。随着战争陷入僵局，且伊朗政权因此显得愈发大胆，沙特阿拉伯必须做出选择。沙特必须决定，现在没有时间观望。其军队显然具备战斗能力，尽管人们对其士兵的准备情况仍有疑问，因为他们此前在战场上缺乏实战经验。总统应向我们在利雅得的盟友发出明确信号：现在要么加入战斗，要么支付费用，要么就让开路。然而，归根结底，这取决于意愿。
作者：凯特琳·多恩博斯 (Caitlin DoornBos) 华盛顿报道
特朗普总统周一宣布，他正给伊朗最后一次“被斩首前的机会”，并将这次最终通牒寄希望于幸运数字 13。特朗普在椭圆形办公室发表讲话时声称，在他在周末取消了一场规模堪比“第二次世界大战”强度的军事行动，以给伊朗最后一次避免毁灭的机会后，目前正在进行谈判，以期最快在周二重新开放霍尔木兹海峡。“这是最后一次机会，”特朗普说。“这是他们签署一份良好协议的最后机会。”他补充道：“在实施斩首行动之前，我想给他们所有可能的最后机会。”根据《邮报》对先前声明的回顾，自 Feb. 28, 战争爆发以来，总统已给伊朗至少十次机会，威胁要进行打击或为德黑兰的主要行动设定截止日期，但随后又反悔或延长了时限。这包括在炸毁发电厂的行动中退缩，或推迟自行设定的军事打击截止日期。
例如，他在春季两次推迟攻击，在四月份停止了计划中的轰炸以维持对话，在五月份由于波斯湾盟友敦促克制而放弃了进一步打击，并在六月份由于美国和伊朗谈判代表努力达成框架协议而再次克制。
对于这次有什么不同，以及为何他认为伊朗最终会屈服，特朗普暗示他正试图避免给伊朗人造成大规模损害。在谈到所谓的斩首打击（这将是自战争初期以来，首次将目标锁定在伊朗领导层而非基础设施）时，他说：“执行我们计划中的——仍然计划中的——行动是非常困难的。我们将拭目以待，但这确实是非常非常困难的事情。”
但伊朗周一声称，它并非在与华盛顿谈判，而是在与阿曼就重新开放海峡的计划进行谈判。伊朗外交部发言人伊斯梅尔·巴盖伊 (Esmail Baghaei) 表示：“为了避免任何误解，阐明目前的谈判内容以及对方是谁至关重要。我们目前没有与美国进行谈判。”特朗普则表示，在他决定取消周末那场被他描述为大规模美国军事打击的行动后，伊朗在包括沙特阿拉伯、阿拉伯联合酋长国和卡塔尔在内的关键海湾盟国的支持下，请求进行谈判。特朗普还阐述了他所谓的两阶段计划，称目前的当务之急是重新开放海峡——这条狭窄的水道是世界上最重要的石油运输航道之一。“我们现在正在交谈，”特朗普说。“我们在交谈，而且是在伊朗的请求下，以及在沙特阿拉伯、阿联酋，特别是卡塔尔的支持下交谈的。”他说，在海上交通恢复后，华盛顿将转向就伊朗核计划（这是总统的核心目标）进行谈判。
特朗普暗示，美国人很快就会知道外交是否成功。“今天或明天你们就会知道，”他说。“他们要去阿曼了！”伊朗外交部发言人伊斯梅尔·巴盖伊表示：“德黑兰不会与美国交谈，（谈判）集中在就确保船舶安全通过霍尔木兹海峡的航线达成谅解。”凯特琳·多恩博斯 (Caitlin Doornbos) 报道，如果阿曼能够促成一项协议，特朗普可能在无需与伊朗直接面对面的情况下重新开放海峡。“我们的谈判对象是阿曼，目的是——”
达成协议或被“斩首”
作者：Craig McCarthy, Chris Nesi 和 Matt Troutman
今年以来，针对纽约市犹太人的仇恨犯罪上升了 8.5%，年初至今共有 205 起，而 2025. 同期的数字为 189 起。疑似事件包括 7 月 23 日在上西区发生的两次独立刺杀袭击，导致一名戴着犹太小圆帽的犹太男子和一名亚裔男子受伤。
犯罪统计数据显示，在市长 Mamdani 的领导下，大苹果 (纽约市昵称) 的仇恨犯罪激增，其中超过一半的事件针对犹太纽约人。根据纽约市警局（NYPD）周一公布的数据，尽管今年以来五个区的所有七大类主要犯罪均大幅下降——包括谋杀和枪击事件达到了历史最低水平——但仇恨犯罪仍增长了 9.4%。
Zo 的反应冷淡 被指控行凶的刺杀者 Raul Morales，51, 涉嫌在行凶过程中大喊“真主至大！”（Allahu Akbar!）。NYPD 指出，超过一半的仇恨犯罪（56.9%）是反犹主义行为，尽管犹太人仅占全市人口的 10%。
这些袭击引发了许多犹太权益倡导者对 Mamdani 的指责，尤其是在他仅提供了敷衍的套话回应之后。许多犹太领导人迅速将矛头指向 Mamdani，他是一名公开批评以色列的人，指责以色列在加沙战争期间犯下“种族灭绝”罪行，并呼吁逮捕总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡。
当犹太领导人询问他对此类犯罪有何反应时，他表示：“你知道，首先且最重要的是，我想明确一点，在这个城市，我们对任何形式的仇恨都零容忍。”“人们会以市长为标杆，”美国反反犹主义组织（Americans Against Antisemitism）创始人、前布鲁克林州议员 Dov Hikind 说道，“他正在犹太社区制造恐惧。”
在仇恨犯罪数据公布后，身为犹太人的市议会议长 Julie Menin 呼吁采取行动，但显而易见地没有指责 Mamdani。她在声明中表示：“我对仇恨犯罪不可接受的激增感到深切担忧且非常困扰，特别是那些针对犹太纽约人的犯罪。”“这些数据强调了为什么作为市议会首位犹太裔议长，我的首项倡议就是一项旨在打击反犹主义的五点计划。在保护我们的社区免受仇恨侵害的斗争中，我绝不会动摇。”
相比之下，正统犹太教州议员 Sam Berger（民主党-皇后区）认为 Mamdani 必须采取更多措施打击反犹主义。他说：“在他上任的前六个月里，反犹主义只会变得更糟。”“当仇恨不断刷新纪录时，很难说取得了进展。”
周一在被问及仇恨犯罪激增时，Mamdani 表示不宽容之风在这座城市没有生存空间。他指出，其政府将市长仇恨犯罪预防办公室的预算提高了 800%，增至 $26 million。在布朗克斯区举行的一次无关的新闻发布会上，他表示：“我们知道，虽然犹太纽约人在我们人口中占少数，但他们仍然在仇恨犯罪受害者中占多数。”“这是不可接受的。将反犹主义从这座城市根除的工作将一直持续，直到我们看到仇恨犯罪终结为止。”
[图注] 街道上的血迹：警方表示，Raul Morales（插图）在 7 月 23, 刺杀 Moshe Grunhaus（上图）之前大喊“真主至大！”
Joe Marino, Matt Troutman 和 Matthew Fischetti
大苹果 (纽约市昵称) 的交通犯罪在上个月飙升了近 11%，警方在周一表示，这一增长部分归咎于暴力且惯于偷窃的累犯。纽约警局（NYPD）的数据显示，7 月份共发生了 173 起交通犯罪，而去年同月为 156 起。警方官员表示，这一增长主要由重罪袭击和非暴力重窃案推动。官员称，重罪袭击在 7 月份的所有交通犯罪中占 27% (47 起)，而重窃案（财产价值超过 $1,000 的盗窃案）占 51.4% (88 起)。
据官员称，这些重罪袭击中大约有一半针对三类不同的受害者：纽约警局警察、大都会运输署（MTA）雇员和老年人。当局表示，针对老年乘客的袭击在 7 月份的重罪袭击中占近 21%，记录到 10 起，而去年同月为 4 起，增幅为 150%。纽约警局的数据显示，今年以来，地下交通犯罪增加了 1%，总计增加 14 起。
数据显示，在此期间，重罪袭击增加了 8.3%，即增加了 30 起攻击。数据显示，针对老年人的攻击增加了 46.7%，2026 年至今共发生 66 起袭击，而去年为 45 起。针对纽约警局警察和 MTA 雇员的袭击基本持平。整体而言，重大犯罪正经历大幅下降。执法部门来源认为，累犯——例如 56 岁的约瑟夫·齐默曼（Joseph Zimmerman），他至少被逮捕过 50 次，此前曾在《邮报》2 月的一篇揭秘报道中被提及——助长了许多此类增长。
7 月份，枪击事件减少了 21.3%，降至 59 起。今年前七个月，谋杀案下降了 22.8%。今年以来，入室盗窃、汽车盗窃、抢劫、重窃和重罪袭击也分别下降了 0.4% 到 25.3% 之间。由 Carl Campanile, Matthew Fischetti 和 Vaughn Golden 参与追加报道。
达琳·格雷厄姆参议员在周一南卡罗来纳州参议院共和党初选辩论中，对废除参议院阻议程序（filibuster）表示支持，并承诺将“100% 支持”特朗普总统。这次辩论是格雷厄姆在旨在接替其已故哥哥席位的竞选活动中面临的首次政治考验，她的竞选活动启动仅 2 周。她的哥哥林赛·格雷厄姆是历史上最具影响力的共和党参议员之一，于上月因主动脉破裂去世。
格雷厄姆表示，她愿意放弃参议院 60 票的投票门槛，“在这一点上我与我哥哥不同——为了完成这件事而取消阻议程序，因为民主党人最终无论如何都会取消它的。”格雷厄姆将在 8 月 11 日的初选中与众议员拉尔夫·诺曼（Ralph Norman）和罗素·弗赖（Russell Fry）、商人马克·林奇（Mark Lynch）以及前国会议员兼帕尔梅托州州长马克·桑福德（Mark Sanford）展开竞争。
Victor Nava
数据显示，哥谭市今年以来确认的所有类型仇恨犯罪共 360 起，其中 7 月份有 33 起。在去年同期
A former chief city lifeguard known as the “Boss of the Beach” made an incredible half-a-million-dollar pension last year, records show, one of the highest in the state. Peter Stein’s taxpayer-funded windfall came after a controversy-filled career where he simultaneously worked as a schoolteacher and a union boss. The 81-year-old padded his paycheck before his retirement, and quit just as the Department of Investigation was probing the lifeguard program.
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By Antoinette Bueno
The actor, 51, and the model, 31, were snapped in pics obtained by The Post’s Page Six walking together in Paris on Monday. Both wore thin matching bands on their left ring fingers. Both dressed casually for their walk, with Hadid rocking jeans and a white tank top, and Cooper opting for a backwards baseball hat, a T-shirt and athletic pants. Later, they were seen holding hands (left) while leaving a gym, where Hadid’s ring was still visible. Cooper was photographed two days ago going to the gym solo, sans ring.
They’ve been dating since October 2023, when they were spotted stepping out for a dinner date in New York. In July 2025, a source told Page Six that Cooper was “considering marriage and kids with Gigi.”
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Page Six has reached out to reps for Cooper and Hadid for comment.
By Carl CaMpanile and MaTT TrouTMan
The “Boss of the Beach” is just a drop in the ocean. Stein stood out from the other top retirement earners in several ways. A gobsmacking 62 government retirees — including double-dipping former chief lifeguard Peter Stein — pulled pension payments of at least $200,000 last year from the city’s retirement system, data shows. For one, Stein retired last year and still topped the list. Only nine retirees who collected their first full-year pension during 2025 received more than $200,000, according to the Empire Center. Some 490 received six-figure payouts, the data showed. Stein’s tsunami-sized $570,000 pension payment led all others in the New York City Employees’ Retirement System during 2025, excluding back pay, the Empire Center’s SeeThroughNY.net website reports. He also long faced public scrutiny for his dual career, in which he served as a full-time gym teacher and chief lifeguard, drawing the “Boss of the Beach” nickname. All told, the dozens of high-flying high earners, such as Stein, and scores more modest city retirees took in nearly $6.2 billion in taxpayer-funded payouts last year, according to the data.
“These eye-popping payouts reflect a fundamentally broken system, not just individual wrongdoing,” said Abdullah Ar Rafee, a data manager at the Empire Center for Public Policy. The average pension by “full career” city retirees stood at $62,582 last year. But the number of six-figure pensioners has doubled from roughly 1,600 during 2020 to 3,200 last year, according to data. Stein’s pension payment was outpaced only by Lucradia Riddick, an Administration for Children’s Services retiree who received a $627,886 payment, data shows. “Between overtime spiking and legacy benefit rules, New York’s pension design rewards benefit padding at the explicit expense of the public.” The top pensions besides Stein’s went to a grab bag of former civil servants, including a veteran prosecutor and a long-retired doctor. They are, according to the data:
Roger Smoke, retired from the Health and Hospitals Corporation in 2014 — $293,183 in total pension. Nicolas Audi, retired from the Department of Environmental Protection in 2018 — with $341,487 in total pension payments. The late Warren Murray Jr., retired from the Manhattan DA’s Office in 2021 — $325,015 in total pension payments. Eileen Barkow, retired from the Department of Information, Technology and Telecommunications in 2023 — $297,130 in total pension payments.
Riddick’s payment, however, included roughly $404,000 in backpay. The roughly $6 billion in pension payouts for city workers last year is peanuts compared to the nearly $17 billion paid out by the state’s largest retirement system.
[图注] that’s rich: Retired city workers like Eileen Barkow (above) and Warren Murray Jr. (right) raked in the cash.
By Carl CaMpanile
Life’s a beach — when taxpayers pick up the tab. A controversial former Big Apple chief city lifeguard nicknamed “Boss of the Beach” raked in a staggering $570,419 pension last year, according to the Empire Center for Public Policy, a non-profit government watchdog. Ex-chief lifeguard and union boss Peter Stein’s taxpayer-funded golden parachute comes after a longtime dual career where he also served full-time as a middle school gym teacher in Brooklyn — calling it quits while under investigation by the city Department of Investigation. Stein, 81, held two full-time city jobs for three decades, and he was probed by the Board of Education for the unusual but legal arrangement — with investigators digging in to see if he was shirking his responsibilities. Nothing came of the probe. The city’s alleged David Hustlehoff started patrolling beaches more than 60 years ago, and for more than 40 years was president of the lifeguard supervisors’ union, Local 508 of District Council 37. He was called the “boss of the beach” and accused of controlling not just his union, but the separate lifeguard union, Local 461.
Focus of probes Stein retired as a schoolteacher in 2004 after 32 years, pulling in $77,974 the year before he retired, records showed. He had also led the teachers union chapter at his school for many years. But Stein kept working as chief lifeguard for two more decades with his tenure marked by a series of accusations of mismanagement, including claims of failing to take action on sexual harassment claims and retaliation. Stein ended up as the center of a 2020 New York magazine profile that compared “The Boss of the Beach” to Boss Tweed and said he relied on “a playbook of patronage, power brokering, and intimidation.” The alleged beach bum’s history dated back to 1964, when he immediately got involved in union activities and befriended Victor Gotbaum, the powerful head of District Council 37. Gotbaum persuaded the lifeguards and supervisors to join DC 37, creating two new locals — Local 508 for lifeguard supervisors and Local 461 for lifeguards. Stein was the man in charge of the beach and pools.
But complaints over the years warranted city probes into allegations of conflicts of interest and mismanagement within the Parks Department Lifeguard Division and the unions, while Stein was the center of power. But recommendations to bolster accountability were not implemented, DOI said. DOI issued a scathing report of the LifeGuard Division in 2021, which said Stein was “resistant to management changes.” In the 1990s, an investigation found “mismanagement, union interference, and deficient record-keeping,” DOI said.
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Ex-chief lifeguard and union boss Peter Stein (left), nicknamed “Boss of the Beach,” pulled in a mind-boggling $570,419 in pension payments last year, according to a nonprofit government watchdog. Stein declined to comment on the report, but a woman driving a sleek Mercedes (below) outside Stein’s Long Island home (above) said, “I know why you’re here.”
One senior DPR official described the Lifeguard Division as a ‘black box’ to DPR management. Some witnesses also described the unions and, in particular Peter Stein, the president of one of the local lifeguard unions, as resistant to management changes.” Stein did not cooperate with the probe.
“The structure, history, and culture of the Lifeguard Division reveals systemic dysfunction in its management and accountability,” DOI said.
How exactly Stein got up to a staggering taxpayer-financed payout of $570,000 last year in retirement pay last year is unclear. His regular gross pay topped out at $121,000 in 2023 and then $120,475 in 2024. Stein was paid $74,440 in salary for 2025, when he only worked part of the year — but he took in another $205,599 in “other pay,” ballooning his total take for the year to $280,000. His total pay was $213,473 in 2023 and $196,805 in 2024.
A woman driving a Mercedes outside Stein’s home Sunday called a Post reporter to her window and said, “give it up already.” She declined to comment and also said, “I know why you’re here,” before she rolled her eyes and drove away. A woman driving a Mercedes with the vanity plate “wow e” was also noted.
The Empire Center’s Abdullah Ar Rafee said the laws allow government employees to “stack multiple pensions” or rack up late-career overtime, and workers like Stein “would be unwise not to take full advantage.”
“Peter Stein’s pension is extraordinary, but it is not an anomaly, as we have consistently noted such high pensions every year across New York’s various pension systems,” Ar Rafee said. “It is a direct consequence of how New York’s public pension system was designed.
“At the end, the ultimate burden falls on state and local taxpayers, who are left funding ballooning long-term liabilities that crowd out public services.”
Dems enable abuse Ar Rafee said Gov. Hochul and the state Legislature have taken action that’s rolled back measures put in place to control pension costs, at the behest of the powerful public employee unions.
This year, the Democrat-controlled state government largely undid Tier 6 reforms, which saw pension benefits slashed and contributions upped for public workers hired after 2012, with their retirement ages bumped up from 55 to 62. This year’s unwinding of Tier 6 dropped the age of retirement for teachers and other educators back down to 58 with 30 years of service. It also shrank employee contributions, putting the burden on taxpayers and local governments instead.
That move “will only make the problem worse for future generations,” the Empire Center’s rep said.
The total number of pensioners grew only 7% in the last five years — from 150,563 in 2020 to 160,982 in 2025. But total pension benefits rose by 24% to $6.18 billion from $4.99 billion. The number of six-figure pensioners doubled during this period to 3,219 from 1,609 in 2020.
The Empire Center said it’s worth noting that pension payments in New York are not subject to state and local income tax. For example, a retiree with a $60,000 pension payment would save approximately $4,586 or 7.64% in state and local income taxes.
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By PatRick Reilly
The proposed program is estimated to cost a whopping $9 billion annually, with an average cost per child of roughly $27,000, according to the report from the Center for New York City Affairs, a nonpartisan research organization affiliated with The New School.
“An estimated $8.7 to $9.3 billion would be needed annually to fund universal child care in New York City,” states the report, which was released on Monday.
That’s $3 billion more than the mayor previously said his ambitious universal free childcare program would cost.
Hizzoner promised on the campaign trail that his plan to make childcare free for children from 6 weeks to 5 years old, regardless of family income, would cost about $6 billion per year and be paid for by taxing the state’s wealthiest earners.
Underestimated The $3 billion gap identified in the study was largely tied to teacher pay, with the Center for NYC Affairs estimating some 23,000 new childcare workers will need to be hired, mainly for infants and children under 3 years old.
The city also needs to create about 10,000 new seats for children younger than pre-K age, the researchers projected.
The report noted that the city, in the 2025 fiscal year, budgeted $2.5 billion and ended up spending $3.8 billion on childcare services.
City Hall has not said how it plans on paying for the program beyond taxing the rich and asking Albany for more money.
“This is emblematic of the regular under-estimation of service delivery costs,” the researchers wrote. “Therefore, the City will need to identify at least an additional $4.9 to $5.5 billion to sustain a fully universal system.”
Gov. Hochul has already promised Mamdani $1.2 billion to kick-start the program in certain neighborhoods and said she plans to continue the funding.
The city currently offers free pre-K for 3- and 4-year-olds, with limited seats for 2-year-olds starting this fall.
Rolling out the program is essentially impossible without major support from the state and federal government, the report said.
Hochul said in January the funding will come from “existing” state revenues rather than new taxes.
Taxing the rich, as Mamdani and his socialist supporters have suggested, was off the table, she said at the time.
‘Additional investment’ City Hall has yet to release its own official cost model for the program and declined to comment on the $9 billion figure.
“Delivering on those promises will require additional public investment, and this administration has been clear about that from the start,” Mamdani spokesperson Jenna Lyle told The New York Times.
Some bus riders have complained of being charged for rides they didn’t board after tapping cards with insufficient funds.
“We are grateful to Governor Hochul for her partnership and initial investment in this work,” Lyle said.
Fares hit a record high of $3 in January, and the MTA is considering 4% increases for both 2027 and 2029.
City Hall didn’t return a request for comment from The Post.
Additional reporting by Craig McCarthy Haley Brown and Matthew Fischetti preilly@nypost.com
A crew of subway riders who say they’ve been overcharged and issued phantom fines on their MTA-issued OMNY cards want the state’s top prosecutor to investigate the alleged debacle, The Post has learned.
The group Passengers United told The Post they are organizing rallies outside Attorney General Letitia James’ office to push for a probe into the tap-and-go fare system they claim has hit hundreds of riders with overcharges and improper fees.
“We want them to investigate [system developer] Cubic for defects with OMNY, including overcharges, [and that] it doesn’t show payments leading to erroneous fines from fare inspectors,” group president Charlton D’Souza told The Post.
Cubic did not respond to a request for comment.
The group also has fired off letters to James and city and state lawmakers laying out the complaints, along with a petition demanding the MTA fix OMNY and restore unlimited passes.
Matthew McDermott Prepaid seven-day and 30-day passes were scrapped in lieu of an automatic system that caps a straphanger’s tab at $35 over seven days. After that, the rest of the week’s rides are supposed to be included.
By Chris Nesi
The miraculous survival of a disturbed man who leaped from the Brooklyn Bridge on Sunday could have come down to a handful of factors — the likeliest being the precise position of his body when he landed in the East River, an expert told The Post.
“Jumping or falling from extreme heights — such as a 270-foot bridge tower — is overwhelmingly fatal,” said Dr. David S. Shapiro, a trauma surgeon with more than 30 years of experience.
“It generates extreme kinetic energy that causes widespread, life-threatening trauma,” added Shapiro, who now works at New England Donor Services.
Incredibly, cops said the 44-year-old jumper, identified as Galymzhan Abaildayev, is in stable condition after his 278-foot leap from the top of the Brooklyn Bridge, which Shapiro said could be attributable to several variables, though not many of them likely.
[图注] A lucky streak: Galymzhan Abaildayev (circled above and inset) survived a naked 278-foot jump from the top of the Brooklyn Bridge on Sunday. Dr. David S. Shapiro, a trauma surgeon with 30 years of experience, said such falls are “overwhelmingly fatal” and that he likely survived due to the position of his body when he impacted the water.
The bag Abaildayev was carrying could have served as a “makeshift parachute” that reduced his descent speed just enough to spare his life before he crashed into the water’s surface, which Shapiro said was likely at a speed between 79 and 87 mph.
‘Precise factors’
“If you slap your hand on the water palm down, it makes a big splash . . . if you hit it vertically like a karate chop you’ll see it slice through the water. The position your body is in when it enters the water makes a big difference.”
Another remote possibility is that an object such as a rock could have fallen just ahead of Abaildayev, disturbing and thereby slightly softening the surface of the water, reducing the impact on his body.
As for the types of injuries that would be typical in a patient who had endured such a fall, Shapiro said they ran the gamut.
Shapiro points out that there’s absolutely no evidence that either of those conditions existed, noting Abaildayev’s best and most likely chance for survival was his body’s position when he entered the water.
“I’d expect things like internal injuries — particularly what we call lacerations — of the spleen and liver, as well as skeletal, joint or bone injuries. If you land on your feet, your heel bone, one of the highest-impact bones in your body, it can cause a complex ankle fracture on both sides,” he said.
“ ‘Vertical injuries’ — where someone lands directly on their feet or head — can cause a variety of trauma, including burst fractures of the spine and at the base of the skull, injuring both the brain and spinal cord,” he said.
“Survival in rare instances requires an extraordinarily precise alignment of factors: reduced descent velocity, ideal body orientation and immediate access to trauma care to mitigate lethal internal hemorrhage,” he added.
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The naked man who jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge is an activist against Kazakhstan’s government — and bragged he was going to make the daring leap on his birthday, his roommate revealed Monday.
“He was telling me he was going to do it,” said Josh Karadag, 43, the roomie of jumper Galymzhan Abaildayev.
Abaildayev told him he led a boring, penniless life — and ignored Karadag’s pleas not to leap off the bridge.
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“He never wanted to live,” he added. “It was obvious he was going to jump.”
Abaildayev, 44, is facing several charges after he survived the wild nude jump.
The Brooklyn man erected several flags on top of the bridge, including a Kazakhstan one — because he’s a vocal opponent of the country.
“I always tell him, ‘Can you change anything in Kazakhstan? No, you can’t, so live your life, brother,’ ” said Karadag, a Turkish-born artist.
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Although Abaildayev was listed in stable condition, Shapiro points out that he’s not necessarily out of the woods just yet.
“You can also have a fall and survive and die days or weeks later from other injuries,” he said.
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President Trump bristled Monday at Big Oil’s huge windfall amid the war in Iran, arguing that the country’s largest oil companies should give some of their record profits to the American public.
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly called President Trump on Saturday and implored him to hold off on striking the Islamic Republic of Iran.
“I don’t like it,” Trump said in the Oval Office when asked about the eye-popping earnings reported by ExxonMobil and Chevron last week.
Trump acquiesced and punted on a massive American bombing raid that could have potentially turned the tide of the war.
ExxonMobil reported making $14.5 billion in the second quarter of 2026 — double what it made over the same period of time last year — and the $12 billion Chevron raked in was the most the company has made in a single quarter in six years.
Admittedly, Saudi Arabia is in a tough spot: The Iranian regime continues to hammer the kingdom with drones and missiles, threatening its oil and water resources.
Their soaring earnings came as the Iran war pushed oil prices at times to above $100 a barrel, and gasoline skyrocketed up to an average of $4.56 per gallon this spring.
But the Saudis have not gone unprotected. American warfighters and even Greek air defense teams have ensured the safety of the Saudi state throughout this conflict.
“They’re making too much money, OK, based on a shortage,” Trump fumed.
Yet rather than aligning more closely with us, the Saudis have started to gravitate toward an alliance of basket cases in the Middle East.
“I don’t like it, and I should be the last one to say it because I’m a big free enterprise guy,” he continued. “Nobody bigger.”
The president continued, “Chevron, too much money. ExxonMobil, too much money.”
Time to step up
The alliance is now referred to as “STEP”: Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan.
“When you look at one company where they made 12 times what they made the year before, they ought to give some of that back to the public, and they better cut the retail price, the consumer price,” he argued.
These are all theoretically American allies. But they are not exactly working for American interests right now.
They view the weakening of the Shiite regime in Iran as an opportunity to reassert Sunni state dominance in the Muslim world.
“I’ll say it loud and clear. I’m not happy about it,” Trump said.
The president predicted that gasoline prices would “drop through the floor” when the US is “finished with Iran.”
At the same time, they are not eager to see the widening of the war because it would wreak more havoc, which is why they keep calling for diplomatic agreements.
The current price at the pump for a gallon of regular ($4.09) is nearly $1 higher than it was at the same time last year.
By now, however, it should be clear that the Iranian leadership is not interested in a diplomatic agreement.
Earlier Monday, Trump criticized Chevron CEO Mike Wirth on social media after the oil executive touted his company’s efforts to ramp up oil and gas production amid a “somewhat fragile and uncertain” energy market in an interview with Fox Business’ “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo.
Every time one is brokered, the regime carries out aggressive actions in the Strait of Hormuz or it attacks our Persian Gulf Arab allies. And that’s not likely to change. So when the Saudis ask America for restraint, they need to offer clear alternatives, not platitudes.
ExxonMobil and Chevron did not respond to The Post’s requests for comment.
Better yet, the Saudis should join the fight.
Admittedly, the Saudis last month launched one strike against Iran-backed militias in Iraq.
And according to recent reports, the Saudis may be preparing for military action against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, particularly if the group tries to shut down Saudi shipping in the Red Sea.
The Israelis have stepped up when asked. They’ve put skin in the game.
The Saudis have a history of conflict with the Houthis; Riyadh launched a war against the group in 2015.
It’s time to ask the Saudis to do the same.
The kingdom boasts a vast ar-
That war garnered a huge amount of criticism from US lawmakers, primarily due to errant strikes that led to high civilian casualties.
But that was then and this is now. A wider war has erupted across the Middle East.
Iran and its proxy network are fighting America and its allies on multiple fronts, and America should not be expected to fight on its own.
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backed Trump’s effort. With the war at an impasse, and the Iranian regime looking increasingly emboldened by that, Saudi Arabia must be put to a choice. Saudis must decide There’s no time for fence-sitting. Its forces are clearly equipped to fight, even if questions linger about the readiness of Saudi fighters, who have not seen much action on the battlefield. The president should send our allies in Riyadh a clear message: It’s time to either join the fight, foot the bill, or get out of the way. In the end, however, it boils down to will. senal of American-made planes, helicopters, tanks and other weapons.
By Caitlin DoornBos WASHINGTON
President Trump declared Monday he’s giving Iran one “last chance before decapitation,” betting on lucky No. 13 for his final ultimatum. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump claimed negotiations are underway to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as soon as Tuesday after he called off a large-scale “World War II” intensity military operation over the weekend to give Iran a final chance to avoid destruction. “This is a last chance,” Trump said. “This is the last chance for them to sign a good document.” “I want to give them every last chance before decapitation,” he added. The president has given Iran at least a dozen chances since the war began Feb. 28, threatening strikes or imposing deadlines for major actions by Tehran only to reverse course or extend time limits, according to a review by The Post of prior statements. This includes backing down from operations to blow up power plants or moving self-imposed deadlines for military strikes.
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For example, he delayed attacks twice in the spring, halted planned bombing in April to keep talks alive, backed off further strikes in May after Persian Gulf allies pushed for restraint, and held fire again in June as US and Iranian negotiators worked toward a framework deal. Asked what was different this time that makes him believe Iran would finally bend, Trump implied he’s trying to avoid large scale damage to the Iranians. “It’s very tough to do what we have planned, still planned. We’ll see what happens, but it’s very very tough thing to do,” he said of so-called decapitation strikes, which would target Iranian leadership instead of infrastructure for the first time since the first days of the war.
But Iran claimed Monday it is not negotiating with Washington, but with Oman on plans to reopen the strait. “To avoid any misunderstanding, it is important to clarify what the current negotiations are about and who they are with. We are not negotiating with the United States at this time,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said. Trump said Iran requested the negotiations after backing from key gulf allies, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, following his decision to call off what he described as a massive US military strike over the weekend. Trump also laid out what he described as a two-phase plan, saying the immediate priority is reopening the strait, the narrow waterway that serves as one of the world’s most important oil shipping lanes. “We are talking right now,” Trump said. “We’re talking, and we’re talking at the request of Iran, backed by Saudi Arabia, backed by UAE, and backed by Qatar in particular.” After maritime traffic resumes, he said, Washington will turn to negotiating over Iran’s nuclear program, the president’s north star.
Trump suggested Americans would soon know if diplomacy succeeds. “You’ll find out today or tomorrow,” he said. “They’re going to Oman! Tehran won’t talk to US cused on reaching an understanding on a route that will ensure the safe passage of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said. Caitlin Doornbos the narrow shipping lane. If Oman can broker a deal, Trump could get the strait reopened without sitting down directly with Iran. “Our negotiations are with Oman and are fo-
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By Craig McCarthy, Chris Nesi and Matt Troutman
Hate crimes against Jewish New Yorkers so far this year increased by 8.5%, 205 year-to-date compared to 189 for the same period in 2025. The suspected incidents included separate stabbing attacks on the Upper West Side on July 23 that left a Jewish man wearing a yarmulke and an Asian man wounded.
Hate crimes have surged in the Big Apple under Mayor Mamdani, with more than half of incidents targeting Jewish New Yorkers, crime statistics show. The 9.4% uptick in hate crimes comes even as all seven major crime categories saw sharp declines across all five boroughs — including historic lows for murders and shootings — so far this year, according to NYPD data released Monday.
Tepid Zo response Accused stabber Raul Morales, 51, allegedly screamed “Allahu Akbar!” during the spree. More than half of hate crimes, 56.9%, were antisemitic, although Jews make up just 10% of the city’s population, the NYPD noted.
The attacks prompted a wave of finger-pointing toward Mamdani by many Jewish advocates, especially after he offered little more than a canned response. Many Jewish leaders were quick to blame Mamdani, an outspoken critic of Israel who has accused it of committing a “genocide” during the war in Gaza and called for the arrest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“You know, first and foremost, I want to make clear that this is a city where we have no tolerance for hatred of any kind,’’ he said when asked by the Jewish leaders if he had a reaction to the crimes. “People take their cue from the mayor,” said Dov Hikind, founder of Americans Against Antisemitism and a former state Assembly member from Brooklyn. “He’s creating fear in the Jewish community.”
After the hate-crime data was revealed, City Council Speaker Julie Menin, who is Jewish, called for action, but conspicuously didn’t blame Mamdani. “I remain deeply concerned and very troubled by the unacceptable spike in hate crimes, particularly driven by those targeting Jewish New Yorkers,” she said in a statement. “This data underscores why as the Council’s first Jewish Speaker, my very first initiative was a Five-Point Plan to Combat Antisemitism. I will not waver in the fight to protect our communities from hatred.”
By contrast, Orthodox Jewish state Assemblyman Sam Berger (D-Queens) argued Mamdani must do more to combat antisemitism. “In his first six months in office, antisemitism has only gotten worse,” he said. “It’s hard to claim progress when hate keeps setting new records.”
When asked Monday about the hate-crime surge, Mamdani said intolerance has no place in the city. He noted his administration increased the Mayor’s Office of Hate Crime Prevention’s budget by 800% to $26 million. “We know that while Jewish New Yorkers comprise a minority of our population, they continue to comprise a majority of the victims of hate crimes,” he said, during an unrelated press conference in The Bronx. “And that is unacceptable. The work to uproot antisemitism out of this city is one that will continue until we see hate crimes come to an end.”
[图注] Blood on street: Raul Morales (inset) yelled “Allahu Akbar!” before stabbing Moshe Grunhaus (above) on July 23, police said.
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Transit crime in the Big Apple spiked nearly 11% last month, a surge cops Monday partially blamed on violent and sticky-fingered recidivists. July saw 173 transit crimes overall, compared to 156 during the same month last year, NYPD statistics show. The increase was largely fueled by felony assaults and nonviolent grand larcenies, police officials said. Felony assaults accounted for 27% (47) of all transit crime during July, while grand larcenies — thefts of property valued at more than $1,000 — made up 51.4% (88), officials said.
Roughly half of those felony assaults were committed against three different types of victim: NYPD cops, MTA employees and the elderly, according to officials. Assaults on elderly straphangers accounted for nearly 21% of felony assaults in July, with 10 recorded compared to four during the same month last year, or a 150% increase, authorities said. So far this year, crime underground increased by 1%, or 14 incidents overall, according to the NYPD data.
Felony assaults during that span increased 8.3%, or by 30 attacks, data shows. Attacks on the elderly increased by 46.7%, or 66 assaults during 2026 so far compared to 45 last year, data shows. Assaults against NYPD cops and MTA employees largely stayed flat. Major crimes are experiencing major dips across the board. Law-enforcement sources argued recidivists — such as Joseph Zimmerman, 56, who has been arrested at least 50 times and previously was highlighted in a February exposé by The Post — helped fuel many of those increases.
In July, shootings decreased 21.3% to 59. Murder is down 22.8% for the first seven months of the year. Burglary, auto theft, robbery, grand larceny and felony assault were also down between 0.4% and 25.3% so far this year. Additional reporting by Carl Campanile, Matthew Fischetti and Vaughn Golden
Sen. Darline Graham expressed support for nuking the Senate filibuster and pledged to stand “100% behind” President Trump during a debate Monday in the South Carolina Senate Republican primary race for her late brother’s seat. The debate marked Graham’s first political test in her barely 2-week-old campaign to succeed one of the most influential GOP senators in history — her older brother, Lindsey Graham, who died of an aortic rupture last month.
Graham indicated that she’s willing to scrap the Senate’s 60-vote threshold where I differ from my brother — getting rid of the filibuster to get this done, because eventually the Democrats are going to get rid of it anyway,” she said. Graham is vying against Reps. Ralph Norman and Russell Fry, businessman Mark Lynch and former congressman and Palmetto State governor Mark Sanford in the Aug. 11 primary.
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Gotham’s confirmed hate crimes of all types stands at 360 so far this year, with 33 in July, the data shows. During the same span last
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3. 翻译错误与不一致 (Accuracy & Consistency)
* 数值/单位错误：
* 在描述养老金总额时，多次出现 62 亿美元 billion、90 亿美元 billion 这种重复累赘的写法（Billion 已包含在亿美元中）。
* 部分数字出现格式混乱，如 $8.7 to 90 亿美元.3 billion（原文应为 8.7 to 9.3 billion）。
* 名称翻译不统一：
* Galymzhan Abaildayev 在文中被翻译为“加利姆赞·阿拜尔达耶夫”和“加林詹·阿拜尔达耶夫”。
4. 截断与缺失 (Omissions & Truncation)
* 关键部分缺失：原文中关于 Eileen Barkow 的信息在 SOURCE 中被截断，但翻译件试图通过猜测补全（增加了“信息技术与电信局”等具体单位），属于不被允许的重建/臆测。
| 类别 | 描述 | 示例/位置 |
|---|---|---|
| 幻觉 | 凭空增加关于石油战争、托儿计划的数千字内容 | 整个“特朗普对大石油公司...”及“市长 Mamdani 托儿计划”章节 |
| 残留 | 保留了 HTML 注释标签 | <!-- [uncertain fragments] --> |
| 数字 | 货币单位重复且格式错误 | 62 亿美元 billion / $8.7 to 90 亿美元.3 billion |
| 一致性 | 人名翻译前后不一 | 加利姆赞 $\leftrightarrow$ 加林詹 |
| 臆测 | 补全了源文件中缺失的机构名称 | Eileen Barkow 退休部门的描述 |
FAIL (不通过) 该翻译件存在严重的质量崩溃。翻译员不仅未能忠实于源文本，还通过大规模的“幻觉”植入了大量无关内容，将一份关于纽约市退休金、跳桥事件、仇恨犯罪和交通犯罪的新闻合集，变成了关于中东战争和托儿计划的杂烩。该版本不可用，必须重新翻译。